I woke up this morning to the sound of the bathroom door being shaken violently. Redditch’s first earthquake? Nope. Chez, locked in the bathroom !! Pushing the handle down wasnt quite moving the metal latch far enough out of the door frame. After trying all sorts of things, the only choices appeared to be either cutting into the doorframe so that I could get access to the metal latch from the outside, or to break the door in…..
I tried shoulder barging the door but that failed so the next option was to push my foot against the door. It had been about 45 minutes by now and once my foot hit the door, we got a hole and that made my decision – the door it was. It was an £18 door if I recall and even though there will be hanging costs, I figured it was less than breaking the door frame itself. We got a hammer and Ant made the hole bigger – something every 10 year old wants – a hammer and a door at 6.30 in the morning with dad saying “go for it”. We could now pass screw drivers etc through and eventually she got out – I reckon around an hour after I woke. Havent even started the day yet and I’m knackered !!